Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be7046b9f809c7b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:52:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: af5b1cd9fffe601652f6b9367a8fa15c SHA-1: df11f02b3e89bd924afc7ee21b7ffb7243344df5 SHA-256: be7046b9f809c7b8a5b12559c954f7be55fce8466f5ec77d5eefd9cb590e529f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The document contains a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on compromised CMS upload storage and disposable domains, likely intended to trick users into downloading malware through deceptive search result rankings and fake download buttons. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://princeworldwide.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/katobewojoxi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://banktapeunadana.com/tapeunadana/bank2/admin/userfiles/file/xulamuxunak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3394b11d2---62640073123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c7b4c1a8f3f85e16cfe725e3b129986/50323291983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rfle6n96k6jng1f9j0d3qm66b9/sivobonipavurutidozujani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd82fa610b---wuzapaxudakavijevixoter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-xian-coat.com/uploads//files/202107291621064871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a79b3e17b2a4bd1d5b20166729774eb/jumesanurofojoxeruduro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12waktu.com/contents//files/keruruxiwenexugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bad52e6d6358cd4d6def6301f3f8780/kesinatafixixoluruse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e543690cb---litaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tt-ural.su/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88561179565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/bajejubenugodewatibanesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdkkck.com/uploadfile/file/20210622151517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fdc424eff9---gorogovodevogamejetamum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c28485e6ee---meduxawobuzifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0464bd38ff---57010662278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colline-eternelle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43318350970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://partnermind.cz/images/files/wevovimepawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digemnd.com/UserFiles/file/patafulavukogoguwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garant-fond.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/files/94208276418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb89e6ed708---45307571575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc673d5c56---tudejogitez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=the+conjuring+movie+in+tamil+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e451.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE451 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC63 17140 bytes
SHA-256: 0c95df6d50a18e57232f8ad0b31a25f9d9603166cd8c699e6ec2b86f2475cb57
font_02_sfnt_off000128c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128C5 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 0ca042bfbc2e7baa8f720174f7b1d9daef5cf1f8cae1ad19c5687f90811621fd